Chapter 96 - Threads Of Destiny

"Okay…. I won't let him go," replied Principal Li, and disconnected the call. Miss Ynna observed the expression of his face and asked, "From the chairwomen?"

"Yes,"

"And what did she say?"

"She asked not to let the kid go, they will be here in a minute or two."

"Okay….. That's the first time I have seen her getting hyped over something, let's wait then."

"Yea, let's wait," said Principal Li, and conveyed the chairwomen message to Aryan. Since he wasn't in a hurry, he stayed there to meet his great aunt and uncle. As expected, they reached there within some fraction of minutes with sweating all over.

Principal Li rushed near them and asked the two of them to use the staff washroom to refresh themselves, but to his dismay, he got a scolding instead saying, "We can do that any other time, but if we let that kid go we will lose this year's match too."

"Oh, okay, sorry," apologized the Principal and let them go near candidate number 77.

Aryan saw the two of them and asked, "Are you two, my great aunt and uncle?"

The chairwomen laughed at the lil boy question and said, "Yes, I am your great aunt, and he is your uncle. Haven't my brother told you about us?"

Aryan remained silent for a while before saying, "Actually, he has mentioned you two. Uncle looks exactly as he had mentioned, but your description is a bit….." paused Aryan and didn't say any further.

"My description!! What's wrong with my description?!! What did he tell you about me?!!" asked the chairwomen furiously.

"Cough, cough, It's something totally different from what you look like. I don't think I should spit it out here," replied Aryan cautiously. 

"Hmm… That idiot brother of mine, you just wait, I am coming to see you soon," said the chairwomen while greeting her teeth and asked her son to create a soundproof barrier around them.

As ordered by his mom and the chairwoman he created a barrier around the three of them for some private talks. Miss Ynna frowned over their action but didn't dare to say anything since they were way much superior to her.

"So, let's introduce each other again," said the chairwomen and began to introduce herself, "I am your Gramp's younger sister, call me great aunt Linda, and this here is your..."

Before she says something her son intervened and said, "Mom, let me introduce myself. Lil Aryan, I am your great aunt's son, call me Uncle Ben."

"Okay, then great aunt Linda and uncle Ben, nice to meet you. I am Aryan," replied Aryan with a smiling face. 

"Hehe, nice to meet you lil boy. Now, will you tell me, what did my idiot bro tell you about us?"

Aditya coughed again and asked them again if they really wanna know or not? 

Chairwoman Linda agreed upon her question and asked him to tell her without any fear.

Aryan got the confirmation and told them all those things that his gramps had told him about those two.

"Aryan, your great aunt Linda is a very irascible person, never ever in your life try to annoy her, and by any chance if you did start praising her to calm down her anger. One more thing, she may look like an elephant escaped from a zoo, but don't tell her to that face, or else god knows what will happen to you..... That's what gramps told you," said Aryan and exhaled out a heavy breath.

"Ahem, and what did he tell me," asked the person calling himself his uncle Ben.

"Ah, about you, he didn't tell anything special, he just said that lad will lose her love if he keeps his feelings hidden for her."

Chairwoman Linda "...."

Uncle Ben "...."

A wide grin appeared on Chairwomen Linda's face and she turned to her side to see his son's face, and to her surprise, it was flushed red. She understood her dear brother had done his part of work and dug out his son's love interest. So without wasting any time she asked, "Lil Aryan, do you know her name?"

"Yes, I know."

"Tell me," asked chairwoman Linda. She knew it very well that she would not get an answer if she asked her son, so instead of taking the long route, she took the shortest and straight route. I.e. Ask Aryan about it.

Before uncle Ben says something, Aryan opened his mouth and blurted out the name, "Miss Ynna is her name. If I remember correctly."

Uncle Ben "...."

Chairwoman Linda ". ."

Both of them became dumbstruck, after hearing out the name. Uncle Ben became speechless because the name of her hidden crush was out now. He had been in love with Miss Ynna since the time she joined the school. But never had the courage to confess to her.

Chairwoman Linda was dumbstruck because her son was in love with someone, and she never knew about it. She took that as a failure on her part, a failed mother, who couldn't find out her son's crush.

Aryan couldn't take on the silence and broke the ice by asking, "So, what did you wanna talk about with me? You called Principal Li for the same reason, right?"

"Aha, yes, yes. We almost forgot about it. Aryan, do you wanna join an elementary school level tournament?" 

"An elementary school level tournament!!" repeated Aryan

"Yes, an elementary school level tournament, held every year to rank the schools and to give a special ranking and prize to the winner of the tournament."

"I see, so what's this prize and ranking?" asked Aryan, "And before that tell me did I pass the exam or failed it?? Principal Li hasn't declared my result yet."

Listening to his question, both the mom and son pair started laughing. Uncle Ben removed the soundproof barrier and started laughing again. Seeing both of them laughing, the father and daughter pair couldn't contain their curiosity and asked them in unison, "Miss Linda, what's the reason for your laugh."

Chairwoman Linda stopped her laughing and looked towards the confused faces of the father and daughter. 

"Mr. Li, till now you haven't declared the result of this lil boy??" asked the chairwomen.

"Ahhh… I was about to..."

"Leave it, I will tell him his result." said the chairwomen and turned towards Aryan. "Lil boy, you didn't pass the test. Not by average nor by flying colors."

Thump! Thump!! Thump!!!

Came a sound from Aryan's inside, it's been two years, and he hadn't gotten that feeling since then. His heartbeat was increasing with each passing minute and needed another small push to make another crack mark on his heart.

"You passed the exam with flying aurora colors!!" exclaimed chairwoman Linda while embracing Aryan.

Aryan "..."

His heart had already stopped working, his brain had already gone blank, but when he heard the words 'with aurora colors!!' his body systems started working again. And this time with more efficiency than before.

'Finally, the time had come when I will no longer become the victim of Seven's underhanded plots, sob,' rejoiced Aryan and cried in his heart.

Now that all the understanding and misunderstanding was over, it was finally time for Aryan to join an educational institution called 'School' in the new era.

Chairwoman Linda took her leave and went straight to the Kalinga Palace, to meet her older brother. And to her surprise, it was just in the opposite direction of the school, on top of the mountain (New location of Kalinga Palace, changed two years ago)

Before leaving, she asked Principal Li to give him admission in the 3rd year of elementary school. And Principal Li too agreed with that without any objections. Not because he was ordered by the secretary but because of the test results of Aryan. Both written and practical, that showed him that the lil boy has enormous potential inside him.

And the only limiting factor was his age, or else he would have happily given him admission in their uni, and that too in the last year.

On his way to class, Aryan saw a huge hoarding that explained everything about the education system of the new era. He stopped for a while and took his time to understand it. Seeing the lil boy's eyes of excitement he remembered the days when he was a kid and had those same enthusiastic eyes as Aryan.

Everything was good, he had money, fame, and a beautiful family, but everything went to ruins when his wife became paralyzed for some unknown reason and he spent all of his money.

Some for her cure and the rest in gambling. And to add up the frustration he couldn't cure his wife's disease even after burning a huge amount of money on her.

Principal Li, his paralyzed wife, and his daughter were living a poor life until chairwoman Linda found him and offered him the post of principal in her school. And later the post of secretary to his daughter.

Tears came outflowing from his eyes, remembering the past events of his life.. Little did he know at that time, that his and his daughter's thread of destiny was somehow connected to the Lil boy before him.